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RESOURCES 

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PLACEP COUNTY 
CALIFORNIA 



Lssued upon the authority of the Board of Supervisors, and 
compiled by the following committee, any one of whom 
will be pleased to give to the intending settler 
any information they may have con- 
cerning this favored locality : 



A. G. BELL, .... Colfax, Cal. 

HON. W. B. LARDNER, . . Auburn, CaL 

J. F. MADDEN (Chairman), . . Newcastle, CaL 

D. BARNICOTT (Secretary), . . Newcastle, Cal. 

F. BUDGETT, .... Penryn, Cal. 

F. W. TURNER, . . . Loomis, Cal. 

JOHN HAENNY, .... Lincoln, Cal. 

ROBERT HECTOR, Newcastle, Cal. 



[The committee acknowledges the financial assistance of 
the following named public spirited citizens: Col. W S. 
Davis, Hon. H. T. Power, D. W. Lubeck, H. H. Richmond, Hon. 
J. A.Filcher, A.S. Moore, Towle Bros. Co. and the Placer Bank.] 



PRESS OF THE PLACER HERALD 

AUBURN, CAL. 

1901 



p LACEP COUNTY , 

CALirORNIA. 

J«.s«LOCATION, CLIMATE AND PRODUCTS>s«^ 



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INTRODUCTION 



THIS pamphlet seeks to draw your attention to 
certain facts. It belittles no other section, 
but invites you to come to Placer County, and 
then judge for yourself. 

Nothing is misstated. Naught set down in 
exaggeration. No claim is here made that cannot 
be verified. 

We have climate, soil, water, railroads, ready 
markets and limitless power. 

We need capable, energetic, homeseekers, 
who mean business. Also capital to develop our 
endless resources. 

Placer County is in North Cen- 

LOCATION tral California. The Southern 

Pacific Railroad enters the State 
at the eastern boundary of the county, and traver- 
ses its entire length— a distance of about one hun- 
dred miles. Hence its name the "Gateway Coun- 
ty." The Oregon Division of the Southern Pacific 
Railroad runs North and South through the West- 
ern portion of the County. 

The 39th parallel of latitude north, runs 
through the county. Its latitude, therefore, cor- 
responds closely with the State of Maryland and 
with Southern Italy. 

Placer County contains 1386 square miles, 
and is somewhat larger than the State of Rhode 
Island. 

Sacramento City, the Capital of the State, 
can be reached in a few hours, and the traveller 
return to his home the same day. 

Three regular overland trains carry you to 
San Francisco (the metropolis of the west) every 
day; and three overland trains pass your door 
daily for the East. There are also local and 



special trains. There is also a Portland train run- 
ning North and South, each way, daily, also a 
local, each way, Sacramento to Colfax— making 
ten passenger trains daily in and out of the 
County, besides about one freight train each hour 
during the busy seasons. Surely Placer County's 
Railroad facilities are the best. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND 
CLIMATE 



The West line of the County, 
in the basin of the Sacramento, 
is at an elevation of less than 
one hundred feet above sea level. Its East line 
lies among the summits of the Sierra Nevada 
Mountains, at a height of more than eight thous- 
and feet. 

The lands of the valley merge into rolling 
foothills, which gradually increase in altitude, un- 




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til is reached the heavy timbered mountain mea- 
dows and snow-clad peaks of the Sierras. The 
scenery is grand. Here majestic snow-crowned 
peaks rise from the deep gorges and canyons. At 
their bases, and held in depressions of their sum- 
mits, may be found beautiful lakes that rival those 
of far famed Scotland. On the summit border- 
land, between the State of Nevada and the bound- 
aries of Placer, at an altitude of 6,280 feet, lies 




$200,000 COURT HOUSE AT AUBURN, MADE OF PLACER COUNTY 
GRANITE AND TERRA COTTA 



Lake Tahoe, covering an area of two hundred and 
twenty square miles, and having a known depth 
of two thousand feet. It is the largest body of 
fresh water in the world, at that altitude. 

We have but two seasons— the wet and the 
dry. In the foothills flowers bloom continually 
during every month of the year. In summer, 
when the rains have ceased, the blue sky, practi- 
cally free from clouds during the entire season, 
surpasses in beauty that of fair Italy. The nights 
are cool and owing to the dryness of the atmos- 
phere, the heat is not oppressive. 

The foothills of Placer are famous as a health- 
ful region. Physicians, the world over, recom- 
mend this section for bronchial, asthmatic or 
catarrhal effections. 

Auburn, the County seat, is in the center of 
this favored spot 

We have the best schools and 
in every district the school is 
easily accessible to all. In 
Auburn there is a High School, which is accredit- 



CHURCHES A^D 
SCHOOLS 



ed to the State and Stanford Universities. There 
are many Fraternal Societies and Social organiza- 
tions, with churches of the principal denomina- 
tions, and all in all, Placer County presents an 
ideal community in which to rear a family. 



Thousands of dollars are an- 

ROADS AND ,, ^ . . 

nually spent on roads, and some 

DRIVEWAYS 

of the driveways are pictur- 
esque in the extreme, either through the orchard 
and vineyard of the valley, or through the rugged 
mountain to some spot where the sportsman may 
divide his time in hooking the "speckled beauty" 
or in hunting quail, grouse, deer and other large 
game. 

To the invalid, searching for 

A LAND OF , . , ,.^ . 

warm skies and a lite-givmg 

HOMES • X ^1 1 • 

air; to the business man, weary 
of the turmoil of the city; to his wife, worn by 
the ceaseless demands of society; to the family 
man, desirous of seeing his children develop strong 
and hearty; to the man of wealth, looking for 
profitable investments; to the man of moderate 
means, hunting for the most favorable place to 
locate; to the young man, anxious to get a start 
in life; to the old couple, seeking a comfoj-fable 
home in which to pass their declining years, the 
hills and vales of Placer County offer endless at- 
tractions. It is a land of homes. 



The glory and the wonder of 
HORTICULTURE the California of to-day is her 

fruit, which, because of its sur- 
passing excellence, finds its way in some form or 
other into every corner of the earth. For beauty, 
for flavor, for keeping-quality of her fruit, Placer 
County, of the fifty-three counties of the State, 



acknowledges precedence to none. Taking into 
consideration early maturity of fruit and market 
facilities, it has advantages over any county in the 
State, and is by adoption, if not by nature, the 
home of every semi-tropic and temperate zone 
fruit that grows. 

Placer County produces in large quantities 
for the Eastern and territorial markets: Oranges, 
Lemons, Olives, Figs, Pomegranates, Japanese 
Persimmons, Almonds, English Walnuts, Italian 
Chestnuts, Peanuts, Grapes, Peaches, Pears, 
Apples, Quinces, Apricots, Nectarines, Cherries, 
Currants, Plums, Prunes, berries and small fruits 
of every description, and it has well gained for 
itself a reputation that gives it an advantage in 
the markets over the fruits from any other sec- 
tion. Why? Because nature has been peculiarly 
kind to this certain portion of the earth's surface 
in arranging soil and clim'ate in a combination that 
produces the best fruits in the world. 

In 1900 Placer County shipped ONE-FOURTH 
of all the deciduous fruits sent out of California. 

The natural home of the peacli 

PEACHES AND OTHER , . ^. ^^ 

seems to be m the Sierra foot- 

DECiDUOUS FRUITS 

hills, where drainage is per- 
fect and irrigation is practiced, and these are the 
two conditions that make the crop a certainty 
every year. Trees come into profitable bearing 
at three years of age, and soon after into full bear- 
ing, which can be continued for an indefinite 
period, as there are examples of trees in this 
county that have constantly borne fruit for more 
than twenty years. 

Other deciduous fruits grow in this county 
equally well as peaches, and sell at the same rela- 
tive profit, because of their early ripening and the 
freshness with which they reach the Eastern 



markets. It is desirable that ail these fruits be 
grown here in quantity corresponding to the de- 
mand of consumers, who usually want an assort- 
ment of every variety of fruit in their season 
when they order in car lots, as they generally do 
because of cheaper freight rates. The first cher- 
ries sent from California to the East are. usually 
from Placer county, selling at high prices, and 
the entire crop of early cherries is disposed of 




BLOCK OF FRUIT SHIPPING HOUSES AT NEWCASTLE 



before they ripen in many other sections of the 
State. 

The largest cherry trees in the world are to be 
found on the ranch of Robt. Hector, near New- 
castle. From one of Mr. Hector's trees he has 
picked as high as 3000 pounds of fruit in one 
season. 



BERRIES. QRAPE5 ^"^ ^^ ^^^ "^^^^ important 
AND OLIVES branches of the fruit industry 
in Placer county is the grow- 
ing of strawberries, blackberries and raspberries, 
which here ripen earlier than in any other part 
of California, and if early varieties are exclusively 
planted, they can nearly all be marketed, without 
competition, at great profit. 

Between the trees of a newly planted orchard 
can be set three or four rows of strawberries. 
They come into profitable bearing in the second 
year, and three yearly crops can be gathered, by 
which time the trees will give a profit from their 
fruiting. Grapes are successfully grown, both 
for wine and raisins, as well as for the table. 

Olive culture is another industry particularly 
adapted to this section. The finest olive orchards 
in the world are situated where the soil, climate 
and configuration of the country are almost 
exactly like that of Placer county. The trees 
grow here with wonderful vigor, fruit at an early 
age, and there are no insect pests of any kind 
affecting them. 

Oranges ripen in Placer county 
ORANGES from a month to six weeks 

earlier than they do in the most 
favored portions of Southern California. 

By planting early varieties of oranges in Placer 
county the grower succeeds in marketing them 
before the holidays, and secures ready sales at 
high prices because of lack of competition. 

The oranges of Placer county are all bright and 
free from scale or smut, which affects the fruit of 
some other portions of the State, especially where 
the trees are exposed to ocean fogs. 

**A tree covered with black scale and smut may 
be moved from these regions to Placer county and 



will, owing to the clear, dry atmosphere, become 
entirely clean before the end of the second season 
after transplanting." 

An orange grove in Placer county, if well cared 
for, will net the owner $250.00 per acre. 

All the fruit lands of Placer 
COST OF LAND County are within ten miles of 

the railroad, proximity to which 
will in a measure fix values. 

At points distant from six to ten miles from 
depots, land can be bought at prices varying from 
$15.00 to $50,00 per acre, and good land, too; 
distant from three to six miles for from $25.00 to 
$100.00 per acre, while nearer the railroads it is 
held at from $50.00 to $200.00 per acre. Improved 
places can be bought and an income can at once 
be derived from these places that will pay fair 
rates of interest on investments. 

Placer County is pre-eminently 

PLACER COUNTY'S . , . ... 

rich in minerals. In its boun- 

niNINQ STORY , . , ^ , , 

daries may be found the pure 
sparkling water of the medicinal springs, the iron 
and copper ore, the monumental marble, the 
granite of the quarries, the deep quartz veins 
with the bonanza of golden metal, or its rich 
placers, in the gently sloping ravines, the rugged 
canyons, or in the beds and banks of its rivers. 
Gold was first found by Claude Chana, in 
Auburn Ravine, May 16, 1848, just three months 
after its discovery at Sutter's Fort by James 
Marshall, and almost within sight of where the 
first nugget was unearthed. Samuel Seabough, 
in his sketches of the beginning of Placer mining 
in California, says: "In the dry diggings near 
Auburn, during the month of August, 1848, one 
man got $16,000.00 in five cart loads of dirt. In 
the same diggings, a good many were collecting 




ELECTRIC MOTOR AT H I DDEN TREASURE .WINE 



from eight hundred to fifteen hundred dollars a 
day." The region soon acquired the name of 
''Woods' Dry Diggings," and in the summer of 
1849, when the settlement became more concen- 
trated, it was given the name it now bears 
— Auburn. 

Since the injunction proceedings of 1880 where- 
by certain restrictions were placed upon the 
hydraulic method, attention has been paid to the 
deep auriferous gravels of ancient channels, lying 
high above the present river beds They are 
mined through the medium of tunnels, and have 
proven wonderfully rich and profitable. ''The 
Hidden Treasure" at Sunny South, is the largest 
drift, or gravel mine in the world, removing 500 
cars of gravel per day. 

Quartz mining is as yet in its infancy, but the 
possibilities in this direction are unlimited. There 



are at the present time some thirty mills, with a 
.capacity of three hundred stamps 

River and hydraulic mining are operated upon 
an extensive scale in some parts of the county. 
''Mammoth Bar" a river mine in full operation, 
near Auburn, is the richest of its kind in the world. 

Hundreds of men find it still profitable to work 
the ravines by the old placer process. The gold 
mines of Placer County have contributed over 
seventy-five millions to the world's wealth. In 
1900 the output was $1,600,000.00. 

The granite quarries in Placer 
GRANITE County are not only the most 

important in the State of Cali- 
fornia, but rank with the best in the United States. 
In every case they are contiguous to the railroad, 
thus affording easy transportation. The street 
curbing and granite fronts of San Francisco, are 
nearly all from Placer quarries, while the capitol 
building in Sacramento, the famous Crocker 




GRANITE QUARRY AT ROCKLIN 



monument, and many county court houses, are 
examples of the value and beauty of the foothill 
granite. The largest quarries are to be found at 
Rocklin, Penryn and Loomis. 

Is carried on upon an extensive 
LuriBERiNQ scale. The annual output is 

sixteen million of feet. There 
are some spruce, fir and cedar, but principally 
yellow and sugar pine, the latter being the most 
valuable lumber produced in California. The 
largest shipping camp is at Towle. 




SCENE IN PLACER'S LUMBER REGION 



This has become a very impor- 
POTTER'S CLAY- taut industry. From it is man- 
ufactured sewer pipe, tiling, 
pressed brick, and architectural terra cotta. A 
late departure is a perfected system of ''glazing" 
for interior decoration. Among the notable speci- 
mens of this work is the interior finish of the 
Mills Building, the finest in San Francisco. The 



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POTTERY AT LINCOLN 



Lincoln Pottery is now furnishing terra cotta tor 
a hotel in Los Angeles, said to be the finest in 
Southern California. The largest deposit of this 
potter's clay is to be found at Lincoln. 

Some one hundred thousand 
GRAINS acres are annually devoted to 

wheat, barley, oats and hay. 
In manv localities the land will produce thirty 
bushels of wheat to the acre. The grain lands 
are located principally in and about the towns of 
Roseville, Lincoln and Sheridan. 

Horses, sheep, cattle and hogs 
LIVE STOCK are raised in great numbers, 
the merging of the mountain 
and valley sections, furnishing both summer and 
winter ranges. Much attention is given to stock 
of high pedigree, and between Roseville and Sac- 
ramento is located the Rancho del Paso, one of the 
largest and most noted horse farms of the West. 
Are now being bored in west- 
oiL WELLS ern Placer, with every indica- 
tion of success. The soil shows 
shale, salt marshes, coal, natural gas, and mani- 



festations usually present in oil districts. Aside 

from the Lincoln Oil Company (a local concern) 

parties from abroad are now bonding all the land 

obtainable. 

The South Yuba Company's 

WATER POWER irrigating canal, which finds its 
head in the limitless water- 
slieds of the Sierras, and runs through the entire 
fruit belt, opens up great possibilities in the line 
of manufacture. Nowhere can power be obtained 
more cheaply. Already this water system is fur- 
nishing power wherewith every town along its 
course is lighted with electricity, including the 
City of Sacramento, Capital of the State. 

We have, together with box 
CANNERIES factories, dryers, olive oi] 
works, fig marmalade factor- 
ies, etc. etc. We need many more. 




iAKVLhll Ih.-Ak ^>RCHARD AT COLFA: 



THE VARIOUS PLACER COUNTY DISTRICTS AND 
THEIR LEADING PURSUITS 

Beginning at the western border of the county, 12 miles 
from Sacramento, the Capital of the State, we come to 
Roseville, at an altitude of 60 feet, it is located at the 
junction of the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad 
and the Oregon Branch. Twelve miles north on the 
Oregon is the town of Lincoln and four miles north is 
Sheridan. These towns are all in the midst of the vast 
grain and stock fields of the county. Sheep, cattle, horses 
and hogs are raised by the thousand. Between Roseville 
and Sacramento is located the Rancho del Paso, one of the 
largest and most noted thoroughbred horse farms of the 
West. There are also many orchards and vineyards in this 
section. Some of the largest watermelon patches in Cali- 
fornia are to be found in the vicinity of Roseville. Lincoln 
shows up rich deposits of coal, sand for glass making, 
granite and potter's clay, and as before mentioned supports 
the largest pottery plant in the country. Copper is found 
at Sheridan, and indications of oil are present throughout 
this entire section. 

On the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad come 
in order Rocklin, Loomis and Penryn, respectively, three, 
six and nine miles east of Roseville. These are all places 
of note in the matter of granite quarrying. 

The first full carload of raisins ever shipped from Cali- 
fornia to the East, came from Rocklin, and were grown in 
the vineyard of J. Parker Whitney. Oranges of superior 
excellence are raised at Rocklin, and the production of 
other fruits is of large extent. , 

Loomis is becoming noted for the early ripening of its 
oranges, berries, peaches and other fruits. Each succeed- 
ing year notes an increase in the amount of fruit shipped 
East, and it is today the second largest shipping point in 
the county. Its location upon the railroad and the large 
fruit shipping houses thereon afford easy and ample mar- 
kets. Orange land is offered for sale near Loomis upon 
terms that are very attractive. The object is more for the 
purpose of inducing neighborhood improvements than for 
the purpose of making sales of land, as the owner is a gen- 
tleman of large means and is himself now planting orange 
trees extensively. Loomis, Penryn, Newcastle and Auburn, 
the last two being respectively three and eight miles east 
of Penryn, are in what has for years been the greatest green 
deciduous fruit shipping section of California. 




PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSE AT LOOMIS 



Penryn is in the lower foothills. Its sightly knolls, its 
orange groves, its evidences of culture and refinement, at 
once impress the stranger with the idea that it is a land of 
homes — a place where people come with a settled conviction 
that here is a nook to which the Creator has been kind, and 
where nature beckons on to peace and quietness. The 
entire line of semi-tropic and deciduous fruits thrive here 
in endless profusion. One party has planted during the 
present season (1901) over 11,000 orange trees. 

Newcastle is in the centre of the Placer County fruit belt. 
It was here that fruit growing and shipping first sprang 
into importance in this part of California. From the ship- 
ment of a few berries In the 70's, the business has grown 
to mammoth proportions. Millions of dollars have returned 
to the producers and an era of prosperity has prevailed. 
More green deciduous fruits are raised at, and shipped from 
Newcastle than from any other point in California. The 
limit as to variety (as at Loomis and Penryn) has never 
been reached. Oranges, olives, figs, grapes, peaches and 
in fact all the fruits, flowers, vegetables, grains and grasses 
of the temperate and semi-tropic regions thrive to perfec- 
tion. There were shipped during 1900 from California 6037 
carloads of green deciduous fruits, of which Placer County 
shipped lT74cars,to which Newcastle contributed 1054 cars. 
Like the preceding towns, Newcastle is lighted by electric- 
ity, water power being provided by the South Yuba Ditch 
Co. 

Auburn is frequently called the "Queen of the Foothills." 
Here is located the county seat, high school, and the city is 
the proud possessor of a $200,000 court house, which was 
built almost entirely of Placer county granite, brick and 
terra cotta. The city has an electric light plant, water 
works, and a street railway is in course of erection. Its 
banking facilities are ample, the Placer County Bank hav- 
ing correspondents all over the world. Besides being a 
storehouse for the mines and orchards. Auburn is pre- 
eminently a health resort, and to that end maintains six 
first class hotels. In the summer time, if one is desirous of 
visiting any of the many resorts located at Applegate 
Towle, Cisco, Gold Run, Blue Canyon, Soda Springs or 
Lake Tahoe, all are on the main line of the railroad, and 
within easy access from Auburn or any other point. 

Clipper Gap, Applegate and New England Mills produce 
all the deciduous fruits, while the sections of Gold Run, 
Dutch Flat and Towle have established a reputation for 



their apples. Good apples are also grown on the two great 
mining divides — Forest Hill and Iowa Hill. 

Nothing could be more picturesque than the approach to 
Colfax from the East. When the conductor calls "Cape 
Horn" then if our tourist friend will "rubber," and do it 
quickly, for 'tis only for a moment, he will be treated to 
one of the most gorgeous scenic views of California obtain- 
able from a car window. To the East he will see the 
washed out banks of Iowa Hill, the famous mining town, 
where millions of dollars have been dug out of the ground. 
Directly south over the cliff of fifteen hundred feet (for you 
are practically suspended between heaven and earth) you 
find Burnt Flat below you and Rice's bridge spanning the 
American river, that zig-zags its way towards the horizon, 
like a silver thread glittering in the sun, till it is lost to 
view behind a jutting hill. Now to the West we turn our 
gaze, across intervening orchards and vineyards and catch 
our first glimpse of Colfax, cosily nestled against the bosom 
of Mt. Schuyler. The village is 2426 feet above sea level, 
and its climate is unsurpassed for the invalid. The Bartlett 
pear and Tokay grape are grown without irrigation (as the 
average rainfall is 48 inches) and they rank second to none 
in flavor, coloring and shipping qualities and so far have 
brought the highest prices in Chicago and New York 
markets. Although fruit growing is practically in its 
infancy, H3 carloads have been shipped from here in a 
season. 

Colfax is a distributing point for Iowa Hill and Forest 
Hill and other mining towns, and at this point a Narrow 
Gauge Railroad from Grass Valley and Nevada City con- 
nects with the Southern Pacific. 






COUNTRY HOME AT PENRYN 




TESTIMONIALS 

The following abbreviated communications are self ex- 
planatory. They may be verified by addressing the writers 
at Newcastle, Placer County, California. 

Ill health caused my physician to urge me to leave New 
York in 1884. Regained it here. Have orchard of oranges 
and other trees. Have been well pleased with new home, 
and my early ripening oranges are a source of satisfaction 
and profit. WM. B. GeSTER. 

Have successfully engaged in fruit and berry culture. 
The early ripening fruits and Newcastle market have 
secured success. G. F. KUYKENDALL. 

Have cherry trees over sixty feet high. Have picked in 
one year from a single tree 3000 lbs. My oranges ripen and 
are marketed before the holidays. ROBT. HECTOR. 

In 1894 I exchanged my Iowa property for unimproved 
Newcastle fruit land. My place is all cleared and planted. 
I think I have found the best part of California. 

J. C HAMAKER. 

I was a miner up to 1882. Began at Newcastle on wild 
land without capital. Products of my land supported me. 
My property is all improved and in bearing. Have fences, 
driveways, residence, other buildings etc. My property is 
not for sale. C CARLSON. 

Began by securing 80 acres. Did well. Sold out for 
$9500.00. Wanted to do better. Tried elsewhere and got 
broke. Returned to Newcastle; bought 20 acres wild land 
at $100.00 per acre on credit. My place is all in bearing. 
Have refused $5750.00 for it. A. S. PRATES. 

Started with a few hundred dollars on 20 acres, which I 
planted with berries and fruits. Later bought 45 acres 
more. My place is all in bearing. My progress has been 
made from the products of my land. Have rented more 
land and am now planting 20,000 each Raspberry and 
Blackberry plants and 2500 fruit trees. Early ripening 
fruits and Newcastle market have enabled me to do this. 

J. F. Dudley. 

The early fruits and special marketing facilities of New- 
castle place success at the hands of the careful and indus- 
trious orchardist. The geographical location is also a very 
important feature in favor of the Newcastle shipper where- 
by twelve to twenty-four hours are saved. 

EARL FRUIT CO., 

By EdlKatzenstirn, Agt. 



Geographical location, soil formation, superior irrigating 
facilities, the better transportation, and free from frosts 
makes Newcastle a most profitable section for growing and 
marketing green fruits. PRODUCERS FRUIT CO. 

Per B. W. Shepherd, Agt. 

Early berries, peaches, other fruits and vegetables afford 
the Newcastle orchardist advantages of much importance. 
The oranges of the district ripen as early as November and 
the bulk of the crop is moved before the holiday season is 
over. Geographical location gives Newcastle a decided 
advantage. SCHNABEL BROS. CO. 

Per A. H. Schnabel, Mgr. 

Early ripening, great variety, causes great demand for 
fancy Newcastle foothill fruits. Geographical location 
effects a saving of 12 to 24 hours in getting carloads to 
market PORTER BROS. COMPANY, 

By Geo. W- Bisbee. 

Began fruit culture in 1878, when I shipped a few cases. 
Since that time the house of which I am the head has 
shipped thousands of carloads of fruits. The early ripening 
berries and fruits have always brought good returns. 
Newcastle is one of the earliest sections in the State in the 
ripening of fruits. W. J. WILSON SR., 

Of VV. J. Wilson & Son. 

Came here in 1888. Bought 56 acres of land; 5 acres 
improved. Paid ^3700.00; $800.00 in cash, balance mort- 
gage. Sold off at different times all but 2(5 acres, all unim- 
proved. 16 in bearing now. In four years paid off all in 
debtedness. Rent now and netted $550.00 last year. Make 
nearly all support of self and \yife off of chickens. Came 
from Nebraska. Enjoy better health than before coming 
here. N. G. PERRY, Loomis, Calif. 



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